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Host cities for the modern Olympics

The Olympics originated in ancient Greece over 3,000 years ago. The Modern Olympics were revived in the late 19th century and have become one of the world’s top-tier sporting competitions. The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit. And, this certainly requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. The opening ceremonies of the Olympics are a pretty big deal nowadays. Prior to each game, the Olympic Torch or Flame is lit in Olympia, Greece and brought to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.

The Modern Olympics is the primary international sporting event attributing summer and winter games. Thousands of athletes from around the globe participate in an array of competitions in the elite Games. The Olympic Games is known to be the world’s foremost sports competition with participation of over 200 nations. The Olympics is held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.

The Olympics plays an imperative part not only in enhancing the sport ethnicity but also in the cultural life of the global community as a whole. The Olympics involves nations from all over the world. And this fact is also seen in the Olympic rings – five entwined rings that embody the unanimity of the five inhabited continents i.e. Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Over the years the Games has grown so much that nearly every nation is now participating in it as opposed to only 14 participating countries in 1896 when the Olympics commenced.

Host cities for Summer Olymipic Games

Sr. No

Year

Host City

Country

1

1896

Athens

Greece

2

1900

Paris

France

3

1904

St. Louis

USA

4

1906

Athens

Greece

5

1908

London

England

6

1912

Stockholm

Sweden

7

1916

Berlin (Cancelled due to World War I)

Germany

8

1920

Antwerp

Belgium

9

1924

Paris

France

10

1928

Amsterdam

Holland

11

1932

Los Angeles

USA

12

1936

Berlin

Germany

13

1940

Tokyo/ Helsinki (Cancelled due to World War II)

Japan/ Finland

14

1944

London (Cancelled due to World War II)

England

15

1948

London

England

16

1952

Helsinki

Finland

17

1956

Melbourne

Australia

18

1960

Rome

Italy

19

1964

Tokyo

Japan

20

1968

Mexico City

Mexico

21

1972

Munich

Germany

22

1976

Montreal

Canada

23

1980

Moscow

USSR

24

1984

Los Angeles

USA

25

1988

Seoul

South Korea

26

1992

Barcelona

Spain

27

1996

Atlanta

USA

28

2000

Sydney

Australia

29

2004

Athens

Greece

30

2008

Beijing

China

31

2012

London

England

32

2016

Rio

Brazil

33

2020

Tokyo

Japan

India at Olympics 2016

In 2016, India sent its cosmic Olympic cohorts to Rio de Janeiro with 121 athletes to see how the wind blows in Brazil. PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik & Dipa Karmakar became demi-goddesses at the Rio Olympics, as India accomplished its campaign with some wonderful memories.

Sindhu, at 21, became the youngest to be victorious, achieving an Olympic medal, a silver which was never won in badminton; and Sakshi’s bronze was also the novelty for women’s wrestling. Dipa, India’s first female gymnast, went on to miss a bronze by 0.15 points but her clean finish with the perilous Produnova move won the hearts of a nation.

Defying all odds and showing killer inclination, these amazing ladies saved the country’s pride from returning down-and-out for the first time since Barcelona 1992.